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Holiday House Maintenance – Can you do it yourself?
Over the last few years, I have started to teach myself maintenance jobs for the Holiday House. At first, all tasks were daunting and I thought I would never have the skills to fix things. The advice I got from a friend was to stick at it and take your time, go...
Holiday House Service- the do’s and don’ts
Over the last few years of running holiday houses and helping people set them up. One of the common questions I get asked is how to deal with complaints. I want to share a very recent story that was told to me by a friend who’s colleague shared this story with her....
7 Ways Technology Can Help You Manage Your Holiday House
1. Noise monitoring devices that can detect parties One of the hosts biggest fears is if a guest has a rowdy party in their beloved holiday house. One of the ways to help reduce this risk is by vetting your guests properly, and if you are after the process it’s in the...
6 things I have learnt after buying the holiday house
1. Review the Pest and Building Inspection in detail When buying our holiday house the contract was subject to a building and pest inspection. There were no surprises in the inspection so the sale was approved. Once we received the keys we started the process of...
What’s your holiday house’s competitive advantage?
You don’t have to run faster than a lion! Two cameramen in central Africa filming an adult male lion from 200 metres away, noticed that the lion was starting to get irritated with them. Still filming one of the cameramen started to slowly take off his boots and slide...
5 learnings from my Bali Holiday
When you stay somewhere for a week or more you start to see everything, all the bubble wrap starts to come off. At the first villa we stayed at, my first impression was excellent with pick up from the airport and delivery to the villa was easy and stress free. The...
4 Expert Tips For Buying a Holiday Home
Buying a holiday home can be an amazing experience. You can have a place to call your own for a few weeks or months a year. But if you want to make it work financially then there are some important issues you need to factor in. Are you going to rent it out or simply...
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION is key when it comes to holiday houses
Carol and Bob had always dreamed of owning a holiday house. The problem was they could only afford to purchase a property out in the sticks, far away from any tourist attractions and two hours away from a major city. After a year of owning the home and desperate to...
Have you thought about your holiday house experience from start to finish?
Denis and Julie were keen property investors. Throughout their professional lives they’d identified and purchased homes that provided a good income, and covered most of their costs – something they hoped would see them well into their retirement. They also had a...